အလှူ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ လှူ (hlu, “to donate”).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အ'လှူ
IPA^(key): /ʔəl̥ù/
Romanization: MLCTS: a.hlu • ALA-LC: ʼalhū • BGN/PCGN: ăhlu • Okell: ăhlu

Noun

အလှူ • (a.hlu)

Burmese word set
Verb	လှူ (hlu)
Noun	အလှူ (a.hlu)

almsgiving, offering, donation
novitiation ceremony, ceremony of entering monkhood

Derived terms

အလှူခံ (a.hluhkam)
အလှူဒါန (a.hludana.)
အလှူပွဲ (a.hlu-pwai:)
အလှူပေး (a.hlupe:)
အလှူရှင် (a.hluhrang)
အလှူဝတ္ထု (a.hluwathtu.)
အလှူအတန်း (a.hlua.tan:)

Further reading

“အလှူ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.